One Day Workshop by Digital Core Technologies

Digital Core Technologies, one of the leading companies in the Embedded System market conducted a one day workshop for the students of final year ECE students on 10th October 2022. The workshop conducted has been aimed at students, who have genuine interest in building a career in embedded / electronics product design and development. The workshop was leaded by the CEO of the company Mr.S.Thomas and the whole session was assisted by Mr.Nidhin, Mr. Abhilash, Ms. Anjali and Mr.Surya Dev (Alumnus of Vidya). Around 60 final year students have attended the workshop. Application level concepts regarding microcontroller, microprocessors and digital circuits were presented in the workshop. Students gained knowledge in core technologies by attending the workshop

Alumni Talk “Beyond B.Tech”

ECE Dept organized an Alumni Talk 'Beyond B.Tech' for final year students on 28/05/2022. The programme was conducted in Goole Meet platform. The resource Person was Ms Anjana P Muraleedharan, (ECE Dept Alumni),Staff Application Engineer,Infineon Technologies.She made a talk on different career opportunities after completing B.Tech. She also emphasized the importance of doing M.Tech . in Electronics Core areas like VLSI, Embedded Systems etc. She convinced the students about various job openings related to each area. Students were very much enthusiastic as they asked about doing various other courses in job oriented areas. It was really fruitful to the final years as they were in their last semester.

ECE alumnus interacts with S2 students

The ECE Dept. conducted an online Alumni Talk on “Pathway to Your Bright Future” for second semester students of the Dept. on 19 April 2022 via Google Meet. The distinguished alumni who interacted with the students was Mr. Rahul Vincent, a student of the 2020 pass out batch of B Tech (ECE), who is working as Chief Technology Officer, Estro Tech Robotics & Innovations Dr. S. Swapna Kumar (Prof and Head, ECE Dept.) welcomed the resource person and gave a brief introduction to the programme. The programme was aimed at creating awareness about the different areas that the students could get themselves involved along with regular academic activities. The resource person emphasized the importance of scoring good marks, doing small projects, making paper presentations etc. He explained the procedures to get internships in reputed universities and companies. He motivated the students to prepare for GATE, GRE and other competitive exams. He concluded with the observation that by going in a systematic way, all students could get placement in good companies.

S5 B Tech (ECE) students interact with alumnus from industry

Ms Resmi K Rajan (AP, ECE Dept) and  Ms Sruthi M (AP, ECE Dept), Group Tutors of the S5 B Tech (ECE A) batch, organized an interactive session with Mr Albin, Senior Embedded Software Engineer and an alumnus of the B Tech ECE (2013-2017) batch of Vidya, for students of the S5 B Tech (ECE A and B batches) on 2 October 2020. Ms Resmi K Rajan welcomed all. The session was kick-started at 10.30am with experience sharing by Mr Albin which was followed by an interactive session to clarify student’s doubts on career choices in the core field of ECE. Ms Ardra, student of  S5 B Tech (ECE A) proposed the vote of thanks.

ECE Dept organises AICTE sponsored national conference

The ECE Dept of Vidya organized an AICTE sponsored two-day National Conference on “Innovations in Communication Networks, Information Security, Embedded Systems and Signal Processing  (ICIES 2020)” during 27 – 28 August 2020. The Conference was held in the virtual mode due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid 19 pandemic.

Inaugural ceremony

The conference was inaugurated on 27 August, 2020 by Dr Santhosh Prasannan (Chairman, VICT) on Google Meet platform. Ms M Indira Priyadarshini (Operational Head, BFS, TCS Kochi) delivered the key note address on “Covid Times and Digital Technology”. Dr Saji C B. (Principal, VAST) presided over the inaugural function. Dr S Swapna Kumar (Prof and head, ECE Dept) welcomed all dignitaries and delegates. In his presidential address, Dr Saji C B highlighted the relevance of enhancing technical education quality and the importance of industry-institution interaction. Er G Mohanachandran (Executive Director) delivered a special address. Felicitations were offered by Dr Sudha Balagopalan (Dean-Academics) and Dr V N Krishnachandran (Vice-Principal). Ms Sarika K T (Coordinator, ICIES – 2020) gave an overview about the conference and Ms. Jeeva K A (Coordinator, ICIES 2020) proposed vote of thanks.

Technical talks

Dr M V Rajesh (Assoc. Professor, Model Engineering College, Thrikkakkara), Dr Remya George (Asst Professor, Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology), Dr Harigovindan V P (Asst Professor, NIT Puthucherry) and Dr Finto Raphel (Assoc. Professor and HoD, Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology) delivered invited talks on currently relevant topics.After peer review, 37 papers were presented by delegates from different parts of the country.

Four S8 B Tech (ECE) students present a paper in International Conference

A team of four S8 B Tech (ECE) students – Mamatha Warrier, Shanu Joshva Wilson, Sree Lakshmi Nair and Vishnudev K V – presented a paper titled “Stress Analyzer”  in  the International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS’20) organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology Kalady, Ernakulam, India during 28 – 30 May 2020. The paper was prepared under the guidance of Ms Resmi K Rajan (AP, ECE Dept).

M.Tech (Embedded Systems) students presents research paper in International Conference

Four girl students of the S4 M Tech (Embedded Systems) batch presented research papers relating to their ongoing Master’s Research Project work in the International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS’20) organized by the Dept of Electronics & Communication Engg, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kalady, Ernakulam, held during 28 – 30 May 2020. Due to the present COVID-19 induced lock-down, the oral presentations were conducted through Google Meet.

Four M Tech students complete instructor-led online certification program

Four students of S2 M.Tech (Embedded Systems) – Aishwarya I.B., Arunima K.Ramesh, Deepak T. Prathap and Priyamvada B.S. – successfully completed three-day live instructor-led online certification skill development program on “ASIC – Physical Design and Verification Using Mentor Graphics Toolset” organized by CoreEL Technologies, Bangalore. The live sessions were conducted by the resource persons from Sandeepani School of Embedded System Design, Bangalore.  The students were motivated by the subject teacher Dr. Kala Bharathan (Asso. Prof., ECE Dept.) and their mentor Mr Rakesh V S (AP, ECE Dept.) for the successful completion of the course.

ECE faculty serves as resource person for webinar on “Fundamentals of Robotics”

Mr. Ramesh C.R. (AP, ECE Dept.) served as a resource person for a webinar on “Fundamentals of Robotics” hosted by IEEE Student Chapter of SJCET, Palai jointly with IEEE RA S (Robotics & Automation Society) Chapter. The webinar was held on 20 April 2020 and was attended by 133 participants from various parts of the world.

ECE students interact with alumni

The ECE Dept organized an interaction between the final year B Tech (ECE) students and Anjana Muralidharan (B Tech (ECE), 2013 pass out batch) and Mr. Febin Bos (M. Tech, 2017 pass out batch), alumni of the Dept, on 18 January 2020. During the interaction the alumni spoke about the trials and tribulations they had encountered while trying to get a job.

Vidya faculty members participate in e-Yantra workshop at IIT Bombay

A team of four faculty members of Vidya, Mr. Ramesh C. R. (Team Leader,  AP, ECE Dept.), Mr. Rakesh V. S. (AP, ECE Dept.), Ms. Jemy Jose Kakkassery (AP, ECE Dept.) and Mr. Arun Xavier (AP, EEE Dept.) attended a two-day workshop at IIT Bombay on Firebird V Robot Kit using ATMEGA2560. The workshop, organised as part of the e-Yanthra initiative of IIT Bombay, was attended by around 30 participants from engineering colleges and polytechnic colleges across India. They also bagged Class-A awards in e-Yantra task based Training conducted by IIT Bombay with 97.6 % marks.

Internship Training Program organized for ECE Students

Mr. Thomas S, CEO, Digital Core Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Kochi was invited to conduct for the one day "Industry Internship Awareness Program" for S8 ECE students on January 7th (Tuesday) at Vidya Academy.

Vidya faculty and staff learn Robotic Process Automation

Under the auspices of Vidya Skill Centre, a Trainer Skilling Programme on Robotic Process Automation (RPA) was conducted in the College on 4th  November 2019.The programme was conducted with the support of UiPath Academy. The session was organized by Mr Ramesh C. R. (AP, ECE Dept.), facilitator for RPA Developer course organized by ASAP. All participants received Diploma Certification on RPA Starter Training and they are now ready to take up RPA Developer Course (level 1 to level 3).

ECE Dept organises two-day workshop for Diploma students

The ECE Dept. of Vidya organized a two-day fully hands-on workshop on “Embedded Programming “on 9- 10 December, 2019 for the final year students of Polytechnic Colleges. The objective of the workshop was to provide an introduction to and to create awareness about embedded programming based hardware and software tools through hands-on training on embedded systems design using ATMEGA238P micro controller. The workshop received a good response with more than 60 registrations from various Polytechnic Colleges.

ECE Dept organizes add-on course in Machine Learning

The ECE Dept. of the College organized an add-on course in Machine Learning for fourth semester B.Tech (ECE) and M Tech (ES) students during 22^nd to 26^th  July 2019. The expertise for the course was provided by by Pantech Solutions, Kochi. The course was designed to give the students an introduction to all the basic ideas of Python programming and machine learning. The course is expected to be helpful for students for doing their curriculum projects. Mr Bharath, ML Engineer, Pantech Solution, Kochi, served as the resource persons for the course.

Vidya students interact with industry leaders

A group of students associated with the IEDC of the College got a rare opportunity to interact with industry leaders and experts from various domains. The occasion was the “Students Top 10” programme organized by the ICT Academy Kerala on 28 March 2019. The “Top 10 Meet” began with a question-answer session on artificial intelligence.

Dept organizes invited talk on SONAR

Department organized a technical talk on “Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR)” on 14^th February 2019. Dr. T. Ratnamani, (Scientist Grade-G, DRDO) delivered the presentation on  SONAR for the S2 and S4 students of M.Tech (Embedded Systems).

Trainers Training Programme on Robotics

The Vidya Skill Centre organised a Trainer’s Training Programme on Robotics  in the College on 23^th  to 24^th May 2019. Mr.Ramesh C. R. (AP, ECE Dept.) was the resource person for the programme. Faculties from various departments attended the workshop.

Faculty serves as resource person at Ernad Knowledge City

Mr. Ramesh C. R. (AP, ECE Dept) served as resource person for a two-day workshop on Embedded System Design using ARM Processors at Ernad Knowledge City (Technical Campus), Manjeri. The workshop was organized by the Association of Electronics & Communication Engineering of the College and around 60 students participated in the workshop. The two-day programme was a fully hands on session which started with basics of embedded system design followed by ARM LPC2148 architectural basics.

IEDC members attend IoT Application Development Workshop by ICT Academy

The IEDC members of Vidya, along with students from other colleges, attended the IoT Application Development Workshop organized by ICT Academy of Kerala at Infopark, Kerala. It was a two-day workshop conducted during 28^th to 29^th  March 2019. During the interactive sessions of the workshop, the participants learned about connecting IoT devices through cloud based services like Ubidots. They also learned about programming in Arduino IDE for NodeMCU.

Faculty member conducts skill development programs in various schools

“Phoenix Training Team” is a team of ECE students created under the aegis of the IETE Institutional Students Forum functioning in the College. Mr. Ramesh C. R. (AP, ECE Dept.) along with members of  the “Phoenix Training Team” conducted skill development programmes at several schools. During the programme, the school students were taught the methodology and technology of assembling LED electric bulbs, LED tubes and T-bulbs.The programmes were conducted at the following schools: (1) Sree Ramakrishna Gurukula Vidyamandir Higher Secondary School, Puranattukara, Thrissur (2) Irimbhiliyam GHSS, Valanchery, Malappuram (3) Al Ameen High School, Kechery and  (4) Elavally GHSS, Thrissur.

Dept’s special workshop for Nedupuzha Women’s Polytechnic College students

The ECE Dept. of the College organized a special three-day workshop for Nedupuzha Women’s Polytechnic College students on “System DESIGN using ESP8266” during 30^th November to 2^nd  December 2018 . Mr. Ramesh C. R. (AP, ECE Dept.) served as the resource person for the workshop.

Dept. conducts hands on workshop in LaTeX

The ECE Dept of Vidya organized a fully hands-on workshop in LaTeX for the first semester M. Tech (Embedded Systems) students on 31^st  August 2019. The resource person of the workshop was Dr. S. Swapna Kumar (Prof and Head, ECE Dept).

Dept’s ENERGIA 2K18 : Workshop for polytechnic college students  

Department of ECE organized a two-day hands-on workshop christened “ENERGIA 2K18” during 7^th to 8^th  December 2018 targeted at the final year students of polytechnic colleges in Kerala. The fully hands on workshop was intended to give an introduction and awareness about Texas Instruments (TI) based hardware and software tools through training on ‘Embedded Systems Design using MSP430G2 Launchpad’

Vidya organises workshop on Arduino programming at Gurukulam Public School, Venginissery

A two-day workshop on Arduino Programming was held at Gurukulam Public School, Venginissery, Thrissur, during 20^th  to 21^st  December 2018 as part of the ATL Mentoring by Mr. Ramesh C. R. (AP, ECE Dept.).The students implemented prototype projects starting from simple PIR sensor based home security system, noise level detection and warning system, automatic irrigation system for herbal gardens and gesture controlled hexpad robots. A team of students also studied dot-matrix display with Arduino UNO boards and finally designed and implemented a real time e-welcome board for their school.

3-day workshop on Audio and Video Processing

A three-day Workshop on Audio and Video Processing was organized by ECE Department during 16^th to 18^th July 2018 aimed at providing an insight into the area of speech processing. The program was based on syllabus for the course offered in the Seventh Semester of B Tech (ECE) curriculum of APJAKTU. All the sessions of the workshop were handled by Dr. D. Govind of Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore).

LED Light Repair Technician Course under PMKVY

The “LED Light Repair Technician Course”, a Skill Certification Programme for 2017-18 periods was organized by the ECE Dept. for the College as part of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY). It was inaugurated on 03.03.2018 by Dr. Sudha Balagopalan, Principal.

Expert talks about “Piezoelectric Materials and its Applications”

A technical talk on “Piezoelectric Materials and Its Applications” by Dr. V. Kumar (Scientist, CMET) was organized on 31.01.2018. Dr. Kumar talked about the research opportunities available in the field of piezoelectric materials.

IETE-ISF organized week long Skill Development Programme for ECE students

The College unit of IETE-ISF organized a one week long Skill Development Programme for the students of ECE Dept. during 19^th to 25^th July 2018 with the support of IETE Kochi Centre. The programme was aimed at enhancing the skills of the B Tech students of the department.

Alumnus talks about B.Tech life and industry experiences

Mr. Sandeep N. L., an alumnus of the B. Tech. (ECE) 2005 – ’09 batch, gave a talk to student of the college on his experiences as a B. Tech. and later experiences in industry.  Mr. Sandeep is now Managing Director, Vidyuth Energy Solutions, Thrissur on 22.09.2017.

3-day internship program in Machine Learning by ECE Dept

ECE organized a three-day internship program in Machine Learning during 5th to 7th January 2018 for the S7 B.Tech (ECE) students. Er. Poly M.V.,(Senior Engineer, KELTRON Knowledge Services Group), gave a motivational talk and officially inaugurated the programme. The various theoretical and practical sessions in the programme were handled by a team from KELTRON consisting Mr Sivahari Nandakumar, Senior Engineer, KELTRON KSG, Ms  Jasmi A, Senior Engineer, KELTRON KSG, Mr Sudheesh V S and Mr Hareesh Kumar N, Academic Executives, KELTRON KSG.

Internship programme in embedded systems and IoT

A three-day internship program in embedded systems and Internet of Things (IoT) was organized from 3^rd to 5^th January 2018 for the S7 B.Tech (ECE) students. The programme began with talk on introduction to the various activities of KELTRON by Mr.Giri,(Engineer, KELTRON Knowledge Services Group (KSG)), Trivandrum. The various theoretical and practical sessions in the programme were handled by a team from KELTRON consisting of Mr. Sudheesh V. S., Mr. Jaison Joseph, Ms. Ann Mary and Ms. Anupa Ann Joseph (Academic Executives in KELTRON KSG).